Dawn begins to break as the sun rises slowly on the horizon and a female Snail Kite shakes her feathers briskly as she prepares to begin her day. Her two-toned feathers have the luster of youth and her pose is proud. Her keen eyes scan the horizon and she bobs her head as she gets […]
Category: Blogs
A family of the Philippines’ biggest owl
This year is probably the best year for the Philippine Eagle-Owl. The year started with a sighting of a family of Philippine Eagle-Owls right in busy Manila, with the mother and father eagle-owl guarding a immature roosting in a planters box (check out Birding Adventure Philippines’ Trinket Canlas blogpost about this encounter here). Several of […]
New area for over-wintering White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica cyanecula)
Whilst ringing at Alba Marshes, Bahrain, on Friday 2nd March 2012, with Brendan Kavenagh and Nicole Proven, we caught a male White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica cyanecula) which is a scarce passage migrant to the region, unlike the Red-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica svecica) which winters in good numbers. The White-spotted Bluethroat breeds locally in central & […]
Birds of Ecuador and Culinary Delights
Part 05/8 of Glenn Bartley’s month-long trip around Ecuador. Other highlight birds during our time on the East slope included the stunning EcuadorianHillstar and the cute little Tawny Antpitta. During our stay on the east slope we also enjoyed some of the best food inEcuador. The soups especially were to die for! If you think […]
A Living Landscape
The smallest spider wakes before dawn, a living landscape points to a history that might have been.
Birdsong in the Puerto Rican Rain Forest
I first got the opportunity to visit Puerto Rico on a business trip in March 2005. It left a lasting impression because I returned for a three-week vacation in January 2011. The island is rich in wildlife with many types of habitat including rain forest, marshes and mangroves, beaches and lakes, mountainous areas and dry […]
Birds of Ecuador near the Antisana Volcano
Part 04/8 of Glenn Bartley’s month-long trip around Ecuador. After a drive across the central valley and up and over the Papallacta Pass (where on one of the trips we had spectacular views of the Antisana Volcano) we arrived at our third lodge of the trip. From Sword-billed Hummingbirds to Torrent Ducks and from Rufous-bellied […]
Sights and Sounds: European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a small insectivorous passerine bird. It is found across Europe, east to Western Siberia and south to North Africa; it is sedentary in most of its range except the far north. European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)